Pontiac G8 to live on

[juliosz]

Turned in the wifes 06 CTS and bought her a G8 a couple of months ago. A really solid car and so far no problems. We just returned from a road trip out east to Maine and Mass and averaged almost 27mpg with the V6. Not too bad for a 4000lb car.

[PxTx]

I hope it will look better than this.

[jannes_z-28]

That looks like the Holden Caprice, probably why they keep the name. The Holden Caprice isn't really the G8 which used to be based on the Holden Commodore SS.

http://www.holden.com.au/vehicles/Caprice

http://www.holden.com.au/vehicles/Commodore/SS-V-Series

BTW Holden makes cool cars.

Jan

[olredalert]

-----I like that more-door . Is it because it isnt retro looking that you arent a fan??? It looks like it would generate good wind cheating ability and that seems to be of paramount importance any more.......Bill S

[flyingn]

guess what? The Caprice thing was not true so says GM.. G8 is dead

http://jalopnik.com/5316892/maximum-...ea-at-the-time

[jannes_z-28]

We can all hope that they eventually will take the Holden cars and put the steering wheel on the right side. They have a whole lot of cool cars in Australia. We can be thankful that they continued with the Z-platform when all other GM units cancelled it.

Jan

[1970Bluel78]

And here I was praising them for making there first good decision....Idiots. Looks like the new GM is as stupid as the old one

[markinnaples]

More dumb decisions GM.

From MSNBC.com:

Although he DiGiovanni wouldn’t reveal what new models might go to Chevrolet or Buick, GM officials have said the rear-wheel-drive Pontiac G8 sports sedan will be rebadged as a Chevrolet but sold for only for police car use.